A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a ...

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In addition to the 1,800-year-old piece of engraved jewelry, archaeologists discovered a trove of Carolingian coins, medieval pottery and more ...

Atop Cividade Hill in northern Portugal, the ancient city of Bracasa Augusta lays in ruin. Today, the site belongs to the modern-day city of Braga, but 2,000 years ago, it was occupied by the Romans ...

Achilles personifies the themes of heroism, pride and vulnerability. He was the hero of the Trojan war and entered his rage ...

With every aspect of Roman life having a specific deity to call upon, it can be tricky to make sense of the ancient pantheon ...

The king of the gods in the ancient Greek pantheon had a notorious reputation for sleeping around, so it should come as no ...

Athena was the daughter of Zeus and Metis and one of the twelve Olympian deities the Greeks believed ruled over the cosmos.

The Bahra 1 site, where the statues were found, has been a focal point for research on ancient Stone Age societies in Arabia since 2009. Excavations at the site have given insights into the Ubaid ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A short film about the ancient goddess Athena is being produced in Albuquerque this month. “Athena,” is a chilling tale of vengeance, mythology, and modern-day grief.